} -----Original Message----- } From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid- } owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Majed B. } Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:52 PM } To: Chris Green } Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx } Subject: Re: md software raid } } Thanks for the numbers Chris! I guess I kind of anticipated that, } which is why I suggested using a compressed form, sort of like } zip/rar... } } Though if the data is mostly multimedia, then I guess it's pointless. } } Punch-cards, anyone? 1 TBytes on punch cards would stack 1,973 miles high. Assuming 100 cards per inch and 80 bytes per card. :) } } On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Chris Green <cgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> } wrote: } > I'm guessing you could get about a megabyte per sheet of paper this way. } > So a 1TB drive would take up 1000000 sheets of paper. Looking at } staples.com, } > it looks like that would cost you in the neighborhood of $8000. The ink } cartridges } > would probably cost more, not to mention the cost of a place to store it } :-) } -- } Majed B. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
